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Science untangles the elusive power and influence of hope in our lives

  • Written by Richard Miller, Professor of Practice, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamic, Arizona State University
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On Erin Gruwell’s first day as a high school English teacher, she faced a classroom of 150 “at risk” freshmen. Most of these kids, statistically, were going to fail. They were tough, their young lives already defined by...

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